Pathfinder: Kingmaker

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  1. Tiradentes
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Not immune to bugs, Pathfinder: Kingmaker brings one of the best cRPG experiences I've ever participated in. With extremely interesting and charismatic companions, be ready to dive into this quite complex but captivating and surprising story.
  2. Keron_Heruman
    Aug 23, 2023
    8
    Very good adaptation of Pathfinder pen&paper rules to a computer game, the game is really long and good constructed, plenty of options and with solid mechanics, but the history behind it is not so good and tends to became boring late game. The kingdom management is a good idea but poorly implemented.
  3. PenetratorGod
    Aug 19, 2023
    5
    It's not a bad game but it's really tiring. It can get very boring. And yet somehow you keep playing.
  4. Vhallechia
    Aug 15, 2023
    10
    This game is amazing, it mixes Sim City, Age Of Empires 2 with Neverwinter Nights!! It's better than Baldur's Gate 3, and while I love Baldurs Gate 3 I have to admit that Pathfinder Kingmaker and Pathfinder Wrath of Righteous are infinitely better.
  5. TruthSeaker
    Aug 11, 2023
    2
    Supported them on Kickstarter. Hoped that they will deliver
    They didn't.
    Why 2? That's the amount of corrupted save files(ruined playthroughs) I got in 6 months.
    Absolutely terrible.
  6. grillonbleu
    Jul 22, 2023
    5
    Such a hard game to rate. It's a large, generous CRPG and the premise is refreshing. It's fun to both explore and govern. There's charm too in the characters even though so many of them are either Chaotic Neutral or Evil nut jobs.

    Unfortunately the execution slowly falls apart as the scenario progresses. Kingdom management is obtuse and flawed. Some quests are broken. Issues are well    Such a hard game to rate. It's a large, generous CRPG and the premise is refreshing. It's fun to both explore and govern. There's charm too in the characters even though so many of them are either Chaotic Neutral or Evil nut jobs.

    Unfortunately the execution slowly falls apart as the scenario progresses. Kingdom management is obtuse and flawed. Some quests are broken. Issues are well known and remain unfixed. Meaningful choices are often made with little to no info on the outcomes. Too much playtime is spent picking up loot junk. I could go on.

    It's all the more disappointing because of the potential it shows. I feel like rating it higher and lower at the same time.    … Expand
  7. HydrophobikFish
    Jun 9, 2023
    8
    Absolutely fantastic RPG that feels like a true old-school epic. Quests are involved and complicated, there are many role playing opportunities both influential and not, and it escalates so well. You really feel like youre exploring and uncovering the secrets of an ancient land. Gameplay is awesome with many classes and builds. The only serious downside is that kingdom management, whileAbsolutely fantastic RPG that feels like a true old-school epic. Quests are involved and complicated, there are many role playing opportunities both influential and not, and it escalates so well. You really feel like youre exploring and uncovering the secrets of an ancient land. Gameplay is awesome with many classes and builds. The only serious downside is that kingdom management, while fun at times, is incredibly punishing and requires a lot of micromanagement. There are ways around it, but they often mean missing out on content. Also the early game balance is totally out of whack.… Expand
  8. Hyperfailure
    Apr 29, 2023
    7
    A well-meaning tRPG hitting on nostalgia notes of Baldur's Gate and Planescape: Torment. However, the balancing of the end-game is ridiculous. Wolves should not have higher stats than my level 16 barbarian ffs. Main story was good, side-stories could be hit or miss. Enjoyed overall tho.
  9. Barrage
    Apr 24, 2023
    6
    I have a strong love-hate relationship with this game. I enjoyed the characters, but the bugs made it barely playable. I was also not a fan of the difficulty spikes.
  10. TianLong1
    Mar 31, 2023
    9
    Great game for people seeking Baldur's Gate kind of experience, managing a group of characters through real time tactical battles in medieval fantasy world, except that you can also manage your kingdom as well: you appoint your advisors, you choose how to respond to each event, which lands to conquer, and so on. The story is pretty good too since you must expect some plot twist at someGreat game for people seeking Baldur's Gate kind of experience, managing a group of characters through real time tactical battles in medieval fantasy world, except that you can also manage your kingdom as well: you appoint your advisors, you choose how to respond to each event, which lands to conquer, and so on. The story is pretty good too since you must expect some plot twist at some point. And the expansions are definitely worth the buy.… Expand
  11. Avey123Avey
    Mar 19, 2023
    8
    An extremely long RPG with a main story that truly puts you in the role of a king with cursed land. This games greatest success is really tailoring the story around you and your choices. It feels personal to your PC and by the end of the game you will really feel as though you've experienced an entire saga. This game isn't for everyone. The combat system and ruleset is very complex and notAn extremely long RPG with a main story that truly puts you in the role of a king with cursed land. This games greatest success is really tailoring the story around you and your choices. It feels personal to your PC and by the end of the game you will really feel as though you've experienced an entire saga. This game isn't for everyone. The combat system and ruleset is very complex and not properly explained in many ways. You will need a walkthrough, you will need to read forum posts, and you will be a friend of the wiki. These are strict negatives however your time investment in learning will be well rewarded as this is one of the longest quality CRPGs out there. My biggest complaint would be some of the enemy designs towards the end of the game which push the games difficulty to being unbearable without very particular additions to your party.… Expand
  12. Soullex
    Nov 30, 2022
    6
    Fightlar çok yavaş abi. 50 kez vuruyor 49u ıska. 60. saatten sonra bile yolda kamp kurmak da sıkıcı oluyor artık.
  13. RedDragonSchool
    Jul 22, 2022
    0
    Great game. Character generation is a bit difficult for me but overall fun. The variety of choices is satisfying from a roleplaying perspective as well (I'm not a powergamer anyway).
  14. teshia
    Jul 9, 2022
    10
    This is one hell of a CRPG. I'm glad I played it after it was heavily patched though, as those opening months of release must have been brutal. This, along with Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous are some of the best CRPGs I've ever played. Like most CRPGs, there are a few bugs and issues but I'd say this is on par with CRPG classics like Baldur's Gate 2. Not to be missed if you're intoThis is one hell of a CRPG. I'm glad I played it after it was heavily patched though, as those opening months of release must have been brutal. This, along with Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous are some of the best CRPGs I've ever played. Like most CRPGs, there are a few bugs and issues but I'd say this is on par with CRPG classics like Baldur's Gate 2. Not to be missed if you're into this sort of thing but fair warning, as the learning curve can be a kick in the teeth for people that aren't used to D&D or Pathfinder. It's a hard game and you need to know what you're doing. You're going to be deep in the stats and you're going to get a LOT of hours out of this game, so set aside a LOT of time. Great stuff though. Can't recommend it enough.… Expand
  15. Oshiri_Maeda
    Jun 18, 2022
    6
    No reason to play this game if you haven't played Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - same game but better. Then you can come back to this one if you really want to.

    Pathfinder (D&D-like game) adaptation, all the Pen n Paper mechanics are implemented well, and overall it feels like a well made CRPG game. However Pathfinder rules are VERY tedious. Within first 20 hours I had to spend    No reason to play this game if you haven't played Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - same game but better. Then you can come back to this one if you really want to.

    Pathfinder (D&D-like game) adaptation, all the Pen n Paper mechanics are implemented well, and overall it feels like a well made CRPG game. However Pathfinder rules are VERY tedious. Within first 20 hours I had to spend more time in various wikies than in the game itself to understand how this and that works. Inventory and ability panels fill up with tens and tens of icons, and every one of them does something. You REALLY have to sink your time into it to understand it all, and I have no desire to sacrifice my time for that.
    Overall, it's a good game, but there is a number of games doing it better.    … Expand
  16. tontonac
    May 16, 2022
    10
    After dozens of patches, finally a very good game. I like it better than the second one, WotR.
  17. BoomerZoomer
    May 7, 2022
    8
    Don't know how this game is rated lower than divinity original sin 2
    1. Its more complex
    2. It has better story
    3. It has better setting
    4. It has more variety
  18. flwixs
    Apr 23, 2022
    8
    Пиздатая днд, с годным сюжетом и геймплеем, но есть огромные минусы, это баги, даже за столько лет осталась вязка неприятных багов и супер душное управление крепостью начиная с середины игры, как и все подобные в ней поручения от спутников и прочих ублюдков. И на мой вкус слишком затянут мейн сюжет и не понятно нахуя вообще было добавлять приквел мейн сюжета в виде отдельного длс сПиздатая днд, с годным сюжетом и геймплеем, но есть огромные минусы, это баги, даже за столько лет осталась вязка неприятных багов и супер душное управление крепостью начиная с середины игры, как и все подобные в ней поручения от спутников и прочих ублюдков. И на мой вкус слишком затянут мейн сюжет и не понятно нахуя вообще было добавлять приквел мейн сюжета в виде отдельного длс с возможностью выгрузкой от туда в мейн сценарий, кароче, как игра заебись, но претензий так же приличное количество.… Expand
  19. F1_is_WWE
    Mar 20, 2022
    2
    Kingmaker faithfully adapts the pen and paper game to the video screen. This was seen by many as a huge plus - there is an in-depth tried and tested game system, rules, and adventure. But unfortunately what works with pen and paper doesn't work on a pc game. Yes, the rules are deep and you have hunderds of options for building you character - the only fun part of the game. But combat is aKingmaker faithfully adapts the pen and paper game to the video screen. This was seen by many as a huge plus - there is an in-depth tried and tested game system, rules, and adventure. But unfortunately what works with pen and paper doesn't work on a pc game. Yes, the rules are deep and you have hunderds of options for building you character - the only fun part of the game. But combat is a boring chore where you do the exact same moves every single fight and just mindlessly click away. Especially if you turn it to turn based mode, you'll see just how mindless and slow the game actually is.

    The story is alright, again you are presented with many different options on how you want to build your kingdom. But then you find out that the developers are highly biased towards "Chaotic Good" choices and disapprove of you choosing any other decrees. At one point my lawful character supported freedom of speech and this was counted as a chaotic action - what? Plot is linear and you aren't given much choice.    … Expand
  20. Kunray
    Mar 12, 2022
    1
    It's your call but for now it's not recommended.
    1/10 this game at that stage.
  21. Artur_
    Feb 14, 2022
    6
    Pros: great idea to expand a typical RPG journey by building a kingdom :-) Companions have a short histories, but still well done. Easy and clear management of team, equipment, trade. A very stable game: I didn't experience even one crash.

    Mixed: nicely done companion progress, stats, fights but using overcomplicated DnD rules limites fun. Cons: difficulty of clashes constantly jumps    Pros: great idea to expand a typical RPG journey by building a kingdom :-) Companions have a short histories, but still well done. Easy and clear management of team, equipment, trade. A very stable game: I didn't experience even one crash.

    Mixed: nicely done companion progress, stats, fights but using overcomplicated DnD rules limites fun.

    Cons: difficulty of clashes constantly jumps between trivial and impossible, in the same part of map. On normal difficulty you are going through enemies with little to none trouble then WHAM! a very next hostile brings your whole team to ground in a few seconds, or it is untouchable and you can't do jack. It happens with random encounters too, not just statically located antagonists like turbo-cat, Rambo-zombie or that overclocked troll in dwarf keep.

    Lacks field of view: how far enemies can see.

    I spent about 100h hours playing this game, it has the potential to be very enjoyable, but due to hidden timers in many quests I abandoned this game - if they were as clear and consistent, as timers of curses, then everything would be fine. Making such a decision screwed up the game for people, who aren't fanatics.

    Update: with "Kingdom Resolution" mod the game feels more controllable, it restores some fun, so finally I completed playthrough :-)    … Expand
  22. Apokalipsis113
    Feb 13, 2022
    1
    FIrst half of the game not bad, Second half is bad. Ending is the worst piece of **** I've ever seen. **** story. Terrible level design, Horrible game balance. 10/10 regret for buy this miserable trash,
  23. S3XU4LH34L1NG
    Jan 15, 2022
    8
    I am a fan of the genre and overall I loved this game. The "chaotic good" playthrough took me 140 h for about 95 % completion on normal.
    There are sadly some caviats: If you want a playtrhough with high completion rate you need to look up a lot of **** especially if you are not super well versed in the pen and paper mechanics. The game has a countdown of doom looming over your head all    I am a fan of the genre and overall I loved this game. The "chaotic good" playthrough took me 140 h for about 95 % completion on normal.
    There are sadly some caviats: If you want a playtrhough with high completion rate you need to look up a lot of **** especially if you are not super well versed in the pen and paper mechanics. The game has a countdown of doom looming over your head all the time and you get the feeling you need to be super efficient with every decision and turn you take. The game is insanely hard and not always fair. There were quite a few situations i was hours deep in a dungeon and i had to reload because i simply coudlnt pass the skill checks / I didnt have the right counter or other stuff.
    On the other side: The romances, graphics, sound, VA, build variety, companions, world are really great!
    Sadly i feel like the game is too hard (in the trial and error unfun way) and I wont start a second playtrhough    … Expand
  24. gaynorvader
    Jan 7, 2022
    3
    Great underpinnings let down by horriffically poorly written code and text, bizarre design decisions and awful UI.

    This is the kind of game I should love, but I find myself barely tolerating. They all but force you to play a cast of insipid characters with painfully one dimensional personaities tied to the terrible D&D alignment system. You are all but forced to assign these poorly    Great underpinnings let down by horriffically poorly written code and text, bizarre design decisions and awful UI.

    This is the kind of game I should love, but I find myself barely tolerating. They all but force you to play a cast of insipid characters with painfully one dimensional personaities tied to the terrible D&D alignment system. You are all but forced to assign these poorly optimised slobs to help run your kingdom too.

    The difficulty is stupidly harsh for how bad the NPCs you are given are, meaning you more or less have to min max to play the game on anything harder than easy. Stupid given that it's run off a very complicated D&D 3.5e clone called Pathfinder which is never explained in the game and basically relies on you having system knowledge and spend time googling to find out what spells exist, etc to plan your build.

    The UI for the kingdom management is terrible, never showing relevant info, making you dig around to do anything and pointelessly locking you out from making changes on some tasks. The UI for combat is glitchy and painful to use, the turn based mode ocaaisionally just not letting you use a character's turn for no reason. The dice roll DCs often lie, with stuff like 17 AC needing a 16 to hit with a +10 or the floating text laughably floating up saying something like "20 vs 9" and that somehow failing a save, or the inverse. The randomiser has some backend fudging going on where you will commonly see your characters rolling 1s and critically missing and enemies commonly rolling 5/5 16+s to hit you.

    Text has poor grammar, misspellings, and wordy paragraphs of stodge to waste your time. You are frequently railroaded into decisions, or made to make decisions that make no sense because the developers don't even understand the alignment system they insisted on using. Skill DCs are set far too high, being commonly failable even with min maxed characters, leaving no room for rp. Much of the issues are met with the refrain "Just cheat to fix that" from the community, which is mind boggling.

    Overall, this is a terrible effort at a crpg, but is at least pretty, with some nice music and a reasonable adaptation of the Pathfinder system for a video game. It's just a shame it's so badly put together. I have no idea how it scores so highly, and can only surmise that the Paizo fanboys are out in force, making excuses for one of, if not the first video game adaptation of the popular tabletop system. Or maybe people that kickstarted it trying to delude themselves that it was worth the money?    … Expand
  25. Ivanstankevich
    Dec 27, 2021
    5
    I tried for approximately 20 hours, but this game is pain. It is badly optimized and and it contains a lot of bad mechanics. Traveling just damage dynamic of Baldurs Gate, PoE or DAO. Quests are so unintuitive, that it is almost impossible to play without spoilers. (eg. sometimes to trigger next quest in main storyline you are to wait ~20 days and game just does not say anything about it;I tried for approximately 20 hours, but this game is pain. It is badly optimized and and it contains a lot of bad mechanics. Traveling just damage dynamic of Baldurs Gate, PoE or DAO. Quests are so unintuitive, that it is almost impossible to play without spoilers. (eg. sometimes to trigger next quest in main storyline you are to wait ~20 days and game just does not say anything about it; or you cannot travel to location which you are suppose to go without speaking with specific character who does not relate to particular quest at all!). I like D&D, I like RPG and I hoped, but I failed. AI of Companions also is a fail. either you do ultra micromanagement or they deliver something ultra stupid. I understand that creators are not a big studio, but the game just badly done. I'd like to continue with story and Characters development, but I had to abandon :(.… Expand
  26. Honze7
    Dec 12, 2021
    6
    The game's flaunted apparent complexity tries to hide it's lack of useful content. So many choices provided to the player that in the end feel void, boring and useless. The whole world is shattered into small lands each with specific encounters and fetch quest deprived of any link with the main story and the overall territory the player is forced to explore.

    Characters are boring and    The game's flaunted apparent complexity tries to hide it's lack of useful content. So many choices provided to the player that in the end feel void, boring and useless. The whole world is shattered into small lands each with specific encounters and fetch quest deprived of any link with the main story and the overall territory the player is forced to explore.

    Characters are boring and fights are repetitive. The only real way to enjoy this stuff is to either go for a solo run in hard difficulty or lower everything to the easiest setting, also forcing automated choice in managing your government.

    Overall it's too stuffed with useless crap that lacks any interest and feels like placeholder just to give something to the players. Replayability is complete grabage, being too boring.

    Amazing detail in creating maps and the world, but nothing more. Played through the game and uninstalled it. It's just too much boring and its pretense at being complex falls flat by its own liomitations clearly apparent for anyone experiencing fights and the managment system.

    I hoped for a better game. Totally inferior to Solasta.    … Expand
  27. Odal
    Nov 30, 2021
    2
    One of the very few RPG:s I actually stopped playing. It had nothing going for it. The voice acting is bad, the characters are not special, the story is meh and the combat is bad well.
    There is just nothing going for this game at all. Confusing leveling system which is more annoying than anything.
    When you play good RPG:s like Divinity Original Sin 2 and then come to this, it's just    One of the very few RPG:s I actually stopped playing. It had nothing going for it. The voice acting is bad, the characters are not special, the story is meh and the combat is bad well.
    There is just nothing going for this game at all. Confusing leveling system which is more annoying than anything.

    When you play good RPG:s like Divinity Original Sin 2 and then come to this, it's just not worth your time.    … Expand
  28. evanov
    Nov 30, 2021
    10
    Familiar with the game for a long time, watched and reviews, and walkthrough, which increased the desire to play, so thanks to the developers, I as a fan very satisfied.
  29. Deaden
    Oct 14, 2021
    1
    Pathfinder MISSMAKER!

    Seriously, last 5 years there is not a single true PC based RPG exist. All they were trying to create some desktop RPG adaptation for PC platform. It's not working, stop lying yourself who gives high five for a broken PC game adaptation from desktop frp. I guess you are have no idea how a PC RPG should be. These paper and pen game designs aren't suitable for PC    Pathfinder MISSMAKER!

    Seriously, last 5 years there is not a single true PC based RPG exist. All they were trying to create some desktop RPG adaptation for PC platform. It's not working, stop lying yourself who gives high five for a broken PC game adaptation from desktop frp. I guess you are have no idea how a PC RPG should be. These paper and pen game designs aren't suitable for PC platforms at all. RTwP gameplay design is a garbage and it's corruption for TBS system as well. Too many times you are missing to hit. UI and controls are not friendly. Story also too cheap to create. Staaaggg Loorrrddd STAAAGG LOOORRRDDD Boooo.

    I don't want to compare POE II vs Pathfinder Kingmaker vs Divinity: Original Sin II but it seems Divinity: OS2 is the winner as a new genre PC RPG adaptation. Even OS2 have many handicaps. Oh boy, I'm missing old time TBS-RPGs. All new adaptation RPGs are not providing real RPG experience at all. You can deceive yourself for giving high points to those worthless games.

    Edit: Game is a total disaster. I'm at act5 and I can say WTF is this! Debuffs make you cancer in this game. I admit some dialogs are really funny and enjoyable but couldn't save the broken game.    … Expand
  30. Dvacha
    Sep 15, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 1. Тут действительно влияют твои характеристики на ту или иную ситуацию. Как пример можно привести ситуацию в деревне ящеров где при злом характере персонажа можно без боя завершить квест. 2. Очень порадовали квесты связанные со спутниками, в особенности с Канерой, Джейтал и Харримом. 3. Приятная графическая составляющая Как бонус можно учесть что если вам нужна игра чтобы занять время, то Pathfinder точно подойдёт. Этот пункт слишком долго расписывать, но поверьте мне, тут квестов предостаточно К минусам можно отнести, плохо реализованную систему бросков во время боя (поиграйте хотя бы один или два часа и поймёте), а также чересчур обильное количество сражений (серьёзно, они приедаются очень сильно и очень быстро )… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. CD-Action
    Feb 13, 2019
    75
    Pathfinder: Kingmaker offers an interesting world to explore along with satisfying combat, and the first half of the adventure is top-notch old school fun. Unfortunately later the game loses its momentum and becomes boring. Anyhow, it’s a solid RPG that should keep Baldur’s Gate’s fans happy for many hours. [12/2018, p.86]
  2. Games.cz
    Jan 15, 2019
    80
    A great adaptation of the original Pathfinder gamebooks. The story is sidelined by tough tactical combat - its steep difficulty may be daunting to genre newbies, but D&D veterans will be delighted. There are technical problems, yes, but those are overshadowed by refreshing kingdom management and interesting companions.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 31, 2018
    80
    RPG for the hardened. Get used to loadings and getting lost in the rules, get ready for an ok storyline - and in the return you will enjoy a deep level of challenge and great management of your own kingdom. Obsidian has a new competitor. [Issue#290]
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